Morocco
Morocco is a country in Northwest Africa with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Its port industry is dominated by the Tanger Med Port complex on the northern coast, just 45 km northwest of Tangier. Tanger Med has both a growing port which handled over 7 million TEU in 2021 and a highly developed industrial zone. The zone includes Tanger Automotive City which houses car manufacturers such as Renault.
Kalmar and Marsa Maroc continue long-term collaboration with new RTG order
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement to supply Marsa Maroc with a total of three Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for use at its TC3...
Tanger Med: 35th container port in the world in 2019
News Release – Tanger Med Port Authority – August 31, 2020 Tanger Med: 35th container port in the world in 2019 Significant moving up of 11...
Morocco‘s Africa-to-Europe Commercial Corridor: Gatekeeper of an emerging trans-regional strategic architecture
Michaël Tanchum: Morocco’s Africa-to-Europe Commercial Corridor: Gatekeeper of an emerging trans-regional strategic architecture, AIES Fokus 08/2020...
Kuenz delivers all 42 cranes to APM Terminals, Tanger Med
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – Kuenz GmbH, the Austria-based crane manufacturer, has delivered a total of 42 cranes to APM Terminals,...
France’s AFD lends funds to Morocco port authority
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – L’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Morocco’s l’Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP)...
Tanger Med Special Agency to set up Fnideq, a new free zone
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 30, 2020 – Tanger Med Special Agency (TMSA), manager of Tanger Med Port, is to establish Zone d’Activité...
New Casablanca port fishing facility close to becoming operational
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) has reported that the new fishing facility at Casablanca...
Tanger Med partners with initiative of world ports to guarantee continuity of international supply chains
News – Tanger Med partners with the initiative of the largest world ports to guarantee the continuity of international supply chains – May 29, 2020...
More port authorities pledge support to keep ports operating during Convid-19
Singapore (Ports Europe) May 30, 2020 – Following an initiative of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, an increasing number of ports have...
Tanger Med continues port activities – Covid-19
News COVID 19 – Tanger Med continues its port activities – May 8, 2020 All of the Tanger Med port’s services are operational, including...
Tanger Med and Algeciras ports continue activities despite Covid-19 crisis
Collaboration between port authorities of Tanger Med and Algeciras: continuity of import-export operations across the strait – May 7, 2020 In the current...
Decathlon increases Tanger Med facility activity
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 22, 2020 – Decathlon S.A., a French sporting goods retailer, has strengthened its logistic activities...
EUROKAI reports container traffic down over 10% in Q1 2020
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – In January-March 2020, EUROKAI Group container terminals recorded 2.67 million TEU handled, down 10.2% on...
Morocco: Jan-Apr 2020 traffic by port
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – In the first four months of 2020, the distribution of traffic by port shows that the ports of...
Morocco reports 6.9% rise in port traffic in Jan-Apr 2020; 4.9% in April
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Traffic passing through the ports managed by Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) was reported...
Morocco increases grain handling by ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – Up to the end-April 2020, Morocco imported increase volumes volumes of grain through its ports in...
Tanger Med-Algeciras port partnership keeps services operational
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – A close business relationship between the Spanish port of Algeciras and the Moroccan Mediterranean port of...
Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports implements new procedures
News – Morocco’s Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP) – April 21, 2020 Continuing its efforts to simplify port procedures and end-to-end...
EBRD to provide €40 mln to upgrade of Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to furnish a non-sovereign loan of up...
Horizon Tangier Terminals maintains production
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – Horizon Tangier Terminals Ltd (HTL) has reported that its Tanger Med hydrocarbon terminal remains...